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It also occurs without strokes as one ages. A lot has to do with emotions and stress that also produces strokes.
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Macular degeneration has to do with the blood vessels in ones eyes...if the blood is not getting to those vessels then there are problems else where ....ie cardiovascular. Which stands to reason that those with macular degeneration are at a high risk for a stroke.

Macular degeneration, stroke, and cardiovascular disease, including all circulatory disease, share risk factors and a similar pathogenesis, Dr. Joslin and colleagues note. They classified cause of death on the basis of hospital records and death certificates collected during AREDS and a search of the National Death Index after the study ended.
Brian Proctor, MD, from Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, Illinois, who was asked by Medscape Medical News to comment on the findings, noted that the shared etiology between stroke and death related to circulatory disease includes damage to blood vessels from smoking.
"This study shows what ophthalmologists have felt in our gut for a long time," he said. "People who smoke have a faster rate of macular degeneration than nonsmokers. For that reason, we advise our patients not to smoke and to control their blood pressure."

Macular degeneration has to do with the blood vessels in ones eyes...if the blood is not getting to those vessels then there are problems else where ....ie cardiovascular. Which stands to reason that those with macular degeneration are at a high risk for a stroke. QUOTE

EMOTIONS AND STRESS WILL AFFECT THE BODY INCLUDING THE EYES. AND MANY PARTS OF THE MIND AND BODY.
including HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE THAT WILL ALSO WILL AFFECT THE EYES.

High blood pressure is related to cardiovascular disease as well. One who has high blood pressure is at high risk for a heart attack and/or stroke as not enough blood is pumping through the arteries, which again would be a cause of macular degeneration. All of which is related to smoking, diet and lack of activity (sedentary lifestyle).
Yes stress plays a factor in cardiovascular health as well, however stress isn't what causes macular degeneration, stress is hard on the heart, and if one has cardiovascular disease then stress doesn't help and the person is at higher risk for strokes or a heart attack.
It all ties in to cardiovascular health! Pathophysiology!

It's good that I've found someone who can help me . But before dealing with the source of my claims , I need to ask you some questions . My eldest brother 55 was striked by stroke ,now a month . This made me developed interest in knowing the nature of this disease . But from my eyes observation since my childhood ive seen both young and old with the same problem . But I wasn't able to differentiate between stroke and celebralpuisy . So my question to you is can somebody be able to differentiate ? Another thing is they normally affect the left side of the body for I've never seen somebody affected on the right side do we agree on that . But one thing I can avoid to say is I've never, never seen any female victims , in fact I was wondering why . Can you explain something here please ?

Disease like fibroid I don't think one day a male can complain to a doc . Do we agree that some diseases are masculine while others are feminism ? Well, about stroke this is one of the sources I obtained such information.
m.stroke.ahajournals.org/content/40/4/1082.full

It's good that I've found someone who can help me . But before dealing with the source of my claims , I need to ask you some questions . My eldest brother 55 was striked by stroke ,now a month . This made me developed interest in knowing the nature of this disease . But from my eyes observation since my childhood ive seen both young and old with the same problem . But I wasn't able to differentiate between stroke and celebralpuisy . So my question to you is can somebody be able to differentiate ? Another thing is they normally affect the left side of the body for I've never seen somebody affected on the right side do we agree on that . But one thing I can avoid to say is I've never, never seen any female victims , in fact I was wondering why . Can you explain something here please ?

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When a stroke affects the left side of the body that means the stroke occurred on the right side of the brain...
A person will have trouble moving the left side of their body
They will be impulsive
Have memory loss

When a stroke affects the right side of the body that means the left side of the brain is affected
A person will have speech problems (may lose speech altogether)
The right side of the body will be affected-difficulty moving

Many women and men have strokes....vascular dementia is caused by strokes. I have seen many men and women affected by strokes, and strokes isn't just something in old age, young people are at risk for strokes as well. I can't answer why you haven't seen any females affected by strokes.
Maybe it is because you don't work with these people on a daily basis as I do, or maybe you have but as your not educated in this area you would not be able to know.
Educate yourself and talk to your doctor about strokes!!
In fact I have a female family member that was affected by strokes, started as mini strokes, and each stroke affected their brain, eventually they landed up with vascular dementia, and then when the big stroke came the family member passed away.
Some good sites for strokes that explain the difference are:

Patients and physicians should recognize that patients diagnosed with AMD are more likely to have underlying cardiovascular disease and subsequent events and take appropriate steps to lower that risk though lifestyle changes and cardiovascular protective therapies," Fonarow advised.

Disease like fibroid I don't think one day a male can complain to a doc . Do we agree that some diseases are masculine while others are feminism ? Well, about stroke this is one of the sources I obtained such information.
m.stroke.ahajournals.org/content/40/4/1082.full

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A woman has no risk of prostate cancer either, however those are diseases and complications of the sex organs. A man is not as risk of having vaginal cancer, but both men and women are at risk for bladder cancer!

Men are at risk for bladder infections, however have a way lower risk as their urethra is quite a bit longer than a females urethra, hence bacteria has a shorter distance to travel in women! However men are still at risk.

That said, men are at risk for breast cancer, which many men do NOT realize!!

As I said, read up on anatomy and pathophysiology....never hurts to educate yourself and you'll be all the wiser for it!